Pentagon chief of staff Kevin Sweeney resigns

[OnDoutside]

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Department of Defense chief of staff Rear Adm. Kevin Sweeney has stepped down from his post.

"After two years in the Pentagon, I've decided the time is right to return to the private sector. It has been an honor to serve again alongside the men and women of the Department of Defense."
The big picture: Sweeney served as chief of staff to former Defense Secretary James Mattis, who resigned last month after President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Pentagon spokesperson Dana White also announced her departure this week.

https://www.axios.com/pentagon-chief-of-staff-kevin-sweeney-resigns--5f6cd6e2-d33b-4a74-809c-32b0d43811f8.html

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. The drip is becoming a roar

[IADEMO2004]

2. Yep

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[malaise]

3. Holy Shit

The Con is trying hard to destroy every institution.
This is huge

[Mrs. Overall]

6. My exact same thought when I saw this headline--"Holy Shit"

[Scurrilous]

4. K&R

[UTUSN]

5. K&R

[erronis]

7. No big deal. Just replace the DoD CoS with an almost-graduate from Liberty U. Or Don Jr?

Or maybe the princess-boy can add another lapel pin. Has Barron been tapped for any jobs yet?

[watoos]

8. I keep waiting for Steven Segal to be named.

[OxQQme]

9. But, what do we end up with when the good ones leave?

The higher ranking, ethical, heads of departments who can't stand to be a part of this fake administration decide,
and say "Enough" and step down, leaves the safety of the country to 'yes' persons.

[DRoseDARs]

10. I question the intelligence and motivations of military heads that decide leaving a vacuum is good.

Who, exactly, do they think Trump is going to replace them with? Competent people? They ARE the competent people, they're all that stand between Trump and God-only-knows what military follies Putin wants Trump to commit. Abandoning their posts is cowardly and leaves us defenseless from threats foreign and domestic. They don't get to pretend they aren't endangering the US by resigning.

[defacto7]

13. I agree, but maybe it's not their own choice.

[912gdm]

16. they arnt demigods.

they are people, like us. Perhaps they don't think they can affect change by staying so they are trying to create change by leaving?

[keithbvadu2]

11. No 'been an honor to serve Trump'?

No 'been an honor to serve Trump'?

[defacto7]

14. bingo

[orangecrush]

12. Dear God help us.

This has to stop.

Get him out.

[nitpicker]

15. Link to BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46773138

[Achilleaze]

17. No one wants to serve under the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

* aka Dirty Donny (R)

[scarytomcat]

18. the longer they stay, the worse for their career

and they are seeing it SHS
dump is impossible to work with the turnover is unbelievable
this is an very unstable administration